Shoe-lace clip.



S. M. GOSLEE.

SHOE LACE CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 12. 19:1.

1,280,98. Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

INVENTOR 5M Goalee 527M464 SAMUEL M. GOSLEE, 0F GLASSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-LACE CLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed October 12, 1917. Serial N 0. 196,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. GosLEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Glassport, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-LaceClips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a shoe lace clip and has for its primaryobject to provide a clip by means of which shoe lace ends may beeifectively held against displacement and in such a manner that thetying of a bow knot is dispensed with.

An object of the invention is the novel manner of stampin the bead fromone edge of the body and slitting the same whereby the shoe lace end maybe held between the walls of the slit and the adjacent portion of theshoe lace protected by the bead.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detailed description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a shoe showing myinvention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the clip.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clip.

Fig. 4 is an edge view.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view.

The clip consists of a body portion 1 of a substantial rectangularconfiguration with tongues 2 extending therefrom. These tongues arepassed through the leather of the shoe and bent so as to hold the clipin place. One edge of the body, in this particular instance the loweredge, is rolled back nipon itself to form a hollow head 3 through whichthe shoe lace passes. After the shoe lace is arranged in the head a knotmaybe formed in the lace as illustrated in Fig. 1 with a result that theshoe lace end is prevented from being pulled through the bead.

If found advisable in practice, a slit 4: may be formed in the body atthejuncture thereof with the bead into which the end of the shoe lacemay be squeezed. This latter construction more efi'ectively grips theshoe lace and may allow the shoe lace to be inserted into the bead bymoving the shoe lace parallel to the body 1 until the shoe lace entersthe bead 3, after which the end is forced into the slit.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method ofoperation Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to whichthe invention relates, and while I have described the principle ofoperation of the invention, together with the device which I nowconsider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claim.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

A shoe lace fastener comprising a resilient rectangular metallic bodyhaving one longitudinal edge curved outwardly and then inwardly towardthe body with its edge terminating in slightly spaced relation to thebody, to form a hollow bead, one end of said bead adjacent its juncturewith the body being slit and the material of the bead at one side of theslit being bent outwardly upon itself to provide a tapered slot.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL M. GosLEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

